Fr. Alvaro Delgado the pastor of Stockton, California's St. Edward Church:

... a predominantly Hispanic church in the Diocese of Stockton ...

"So it is that the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Church's spiritual life....


From the Homiletic & Pastoral Review June / July 2010. Section labeled "HOMILIES for Sunday Liturgies and Feasts. 18th Sunday of the Year -- August 1. Becoming what we pray. "

"The liturgy is the inexhaustible fount flowing into every private Our Father, Hail Mary, Rosary, novena or Chaplet of Divine Mercy that is prayed privately by the believer. ..

" This means personal prayers and devotions should never be substitutes to the liturgy, disconnected from the Body of Christ.

"The Catholic man or woman of prayer is never a Lone Ranger, engaged in a strictly me - and - God relationship.

"Every prayer should take the believer ever deeper into the paschal mystery of the Lord Jesus Christ, into his life, death and Resurrection.

"Every prayer should take the believer into a communion of love with God and his people.

"This is the mystery lived out in every Eucharist in the most powerful and perfect way..."